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13th Amendment
Abolished Slavery -
14th Amendment
Rights of citizenship, due process of law, and equal protection of the law. The 14th amendment has become one of the most used amendments in court to date regarding the equal protection clause. -
15th Amendment
Voting won’t be exclusive to races. -
Tuskegee Institute created
Was the first institution for African Americans. -
plessy v ferguson
Was a decision by the supreme court that allowed “separate by equal” -
NAACP created
The National Association for the Advancement for colored people was to increase rights and justices for African American. -
19th Amendment
Women are allowed to vote. -
Executive Order 9981
it abolished the discrimination on the basis or color or religion or gender. -
Brown v. Board of Education
It ruled that states that U.S laws establishing racial segregation laws as unconstitutional. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Boycott where African Americans refused to use public transportation. Namely Rosa Parks. -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) formed
Led by Martin Luther King Jr and helped with civil rights movement. -
Greensboro, NC Sit-ins
Non violent protest by African Americans -
Chicano Movement (Mural Movement)
Mexican Americans needed more rights and the youth needed better lives. -
Freedom Riders
Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States -
Dr. King’s: “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”
This letter defends nonviolent resistance to segregation. -
March on Washington: “I have a dream” speech
Martin Luther King's speech where he tries to bring peace between races and tries to lower racial tension in the country by saying he has a dream where there is peace. -
24th Amendment
The Twenty-fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution prohibits both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax. -
Black Panthers
Self defense organized by African Americans to fight back against brutality. -
Thurgood Marshall appointed to the Supreme Court
President Lyndon B Johnson appoints him to the Supreme Court to replace Supreme Court Justice Tom Clark. -
American Indian Movement (AIM)
Was initially formed in urban areas to address systemic issues of poverty and police brutality against Native Americans. -
MLK assassinated
He got assassinated in Memphis. -
Sandra Day O’Connor appointed to the Supreme Court
President Ronald Reagan appointed her to the Supreme Court. She was the first woman appointed. -
Sonia Sotomayor appointed to the Supreme Court
She was the first hispanic and latina to serve in government.
